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TOEFL BNC: 9606 COCA: 10044

whim

noun
/wɪm/
/wɪm/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a sudden wish to do or have something, especially when it is something unusual or unnecessary心血来潮；一时的兴致；突发的奇想
    • He was forced to pander to her every whim.她每次心血来潮他都不得不依随她。
    • the whims of fashion时尚的变化多端
    • on a whim We bought the house on a whim.我们一时冲动买了这所房子。
    • at the whim of somebody My duties seem to change daily at the whim of the boss.我的职责似乎随着老板的兴致每天改变。
    • at whim She hires and fires people at whim.她随心所欲地雇用人和解雇人。
    Extra Examples
    • For years she had suffered her husband's whims.多年来她一直受丈夫的任性之苦。
    • Funding is subject to political whim.拨款受政治情绪左右。
    • He bought the jacket on a whim, having seen it by chance in a shop window.他无意中在商店橱窗台看到那件夹克，一时心血来潮就买了下来。
    • Slaves could be bought and sold at the whim of their masters.当时奴隶可由奴隶主随意买卖。
    • The bird's nest is vulnerable to the slightest whim of the weather.这个鸟巢连最轻微的天气变化都禁受不起。
    • The child's parents pandered to his every whim.这个孩子的父母对他百般纵容。
    • They seem to be able to change the rules of the game at whim.他们好像能够随意改变比赛规则。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • sudden
    • mere
    • personal
    • …
    verb + whim
    • cater to
    • follow
    • indulge
    • …
    preposition
    • at (somebody’s) whim
    • on a whim
    phrases
    • your every whim
    See full entry
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: of unknown origin.
TOEFL BNC: 9606 COCA: 10044
whim

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + WHIM | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤sudden突發的奇想◇The nest is vulnerable to the sudden whims of the weather.這個鳥巢經受不起突然的天氣變化。➤mere僅僅一時的興致▸➤personal個人的興致▸➤political政治上的衝動◇Funding is subject to political whim.撥款受政治情緒左右。VERB + WHIM➤cater to, follow, indulge, pander to, satisfy迎合一時的想法；滿足衝動的念頭▸➤be subject to, be vulnerable to, depend on受一時衝動支配；容易一時衝動；視興致而定◇For years she had been subject to her husband's whims.多年來她一直受丈夫的衝動之苦。PREPOSITION➤at (sb's) whim隨（某人）意◇They seem to be able to change the rules of the game at whim.他們好像能夠隨意改變比賽規則。◇Slaves could be bought and sold at the whim of their masters.當時奴隸可由奴隸主隨意買賣。➤on a whim心血來潮◇He bought the jacket on a whim.他一時心血來潮就買了這件夾克。PHRASES➤your every whim每個怪念頭◇The child's parents pandered to his every whim.這個孩子的父母對他百般縱容。
TOEFL BNC: 9606 COCA: 10044
whim noun
⇨ desire
TOEFL BNC: 9606 COCA: 10044

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